Total & land area: Latvia vs Tunisia size comparison [2026]

Tunisia is 2.53 times bigger by total area compared to Latvia: 63,170 sq mi vs 24,940 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Tunisia is 59,985 sq mi vs 24,027 sq mi for Latvia — a 2.5 times difference in territory size.

Latvia ranks 122/197 by total surface area vs 90/197 for Tunisia.
Latvia occupies 0.04% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.1% for Tunisia.
31.7% of Latvia's area is agricultural land vs 62.4% in Tunisia.
Latvia has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Tunisia has 0.2%.
55% of Latvia is covered by forests, compared to 4.55% in Tunisia.
0.08% of the world's forests are in Latvia, and 0.02% are in Tunisia.

True size map comparison: Latvia vs Tunisia

See how Latvia and Tunisia compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Latvia	Tunisia
Total area	24,940 sq mi	63,170 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.53
Total area rank	122/197	90/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.01%	0.03%
Land area	24,027 sq mi	59,985 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.5
Land area rank	121/197	91/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.04%	0.1%
Population	1,866,124	12,277,109
Population density	76.2 ppl/mi²	207.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Latvia	Tunisia
Forest area	13,214 sq mi	2,731 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	55%	4.55%
Forest area rank	85/196	132/196
World's forests share	0.08%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	7,610 sq mi	37,454 sq mi
Agricultural land share	31.7%	62.4%
Agricultural land area rank	118/194	73/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.2%
Arable land	5,251 sq mi	10,932 sq mi
Arable land share	21.9%	18.2%
Arable land area rank	95/191	69/191
Permanent cropland	38.6 sq mi	8,182 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.16%	13.6%
Permanent cropland area rank	154/192	20/192
Water area	913 sq mi	3,185 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.66%	5.04%
Water area rank	89/197	52/197
Roads length	n/a	12,272 mi
Land borders length	851 mi	929 mi
Coastline length	309 mi	713 mi
Share of marine protected waters	16.4%	1.1%

Latvia vs Tunisia size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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